In its second major announcement in two weeks, Inmarsat has unveiled Inmarsat ELERA; a global narrowband network that is ideally suited to the rapidly evolving world of the Internet of Things (IoT) and for global mobility customers, including aviation, maritime, governments and select enterprises.

Brazil alone is expected to contribute around 23% or 1.3 million barrels per day (mmbd) of global crude oil and condensate production in 2025 from key offshore planned and announced projects (new-build projects) that are expected to start operations between 2021 to 2025, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Kraken Robotics Inc., Canada’s Ocean Company™, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, PanGeo Subsea Inc. has secured $2 million in funding from Canada’s Ocean Supercluster for the development of wider scanning capability and increased efficiency called GeoScan.

SPE Offshore Europe 2021 is set to spotlight the energy transition among the topics at the virtual conference taking place from September 7-10, 2021. 

The American Petroleum Institute (API) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), which provides Guyana’s primary standards setting agency access to API oil and gas standards and increases collaboration on safety guidelines and requirements for the country’s growing energy industry.

Oilfield service company, OEM Group (OEM), has secured a seven-figure contract with Aberdeen-based consortium PBS.

A new study from Energy & Industrial Advisory Partners (EIAP), commissioned by the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), details the diversity of companies and multitude of jobs involved in the exploration, development, and production of American offshore oil and natural gas.

The Norwegian authorities have granted Repsol consent for a new start-up of the Yme field in the North Sea. Yme will once again be producing oil, 20 years after the last time the field was on stream. Planned start-up will be in the second half of 2021.

Trelleborg’s marine and infrastructure operation has launched a new research report titled ‘Serious About Sustainability’, which reveals where sustainability sits on the maritime sector’s priority list, the key business drivers for sustainability and what actions are having the most immediate impact.

Ocean Infinity, the marine robotics company, announces that it has acquired marine geotechnics experts, Geowynd. 

Aquaterra Energy, a leader in global offshore engineering solutions, has completed the engineering design for a renewable-powered Sea Swift offshore platform for DeNovo Energy Limited.

CSA Ocean Sciences will be exhibiting at the Business Network for Offshore Wind International Partnering Forum (IPF). The conference, held in Richmond, VA from August 24 – 26, will bring the global offshore wind industry together for information transfer and discussion on the burgeoning U.S. offshore wind market.

Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Fairplay Towage Polska for the delivery of a Shoalbuster 2711 ICE. The company will use the versatile vessel to perform diverse operations, including in the offshore wind industry, in the Baltic and North seas. Damen is building the vessel in Poland.

Sonardyne Group has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Stephen Fasham as Chief Executive Officer, taking over from John Ramsden who is stepping down from the role ahead of his retirement. Effective 1^st September 2021, Stephen will move from his current role as Chief Operating Officer, with John remaining on the Board in an advisory capacity. 

Fugro has revolutionized a subsea installation program for Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO) with its innovative QuickVision® technology. Used for the first time in Egypt, the contactless positioning solution replaced the conventional survey sensors typically attached to subsea structures during installation.

SEAJET Systems (SJS), a build to order controlled flow excavation (CFE) solutions provider, has signed a manufacturing partnership with Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD), the world’s largest independent designer and manufacturer of specialist subsea intervention equipment.